tech-debt

tech-debt is a command for Claude Code from pedrol-cmd/brain-drin. It costs 17 tokens per session (297 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A codebase audit that finds technical debt: problems such as duplicated code, outdated packages, missing tests, and design flaws that make software harder to maintain.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect code quality, dependencies, test coverage, and architecture, then organize fixes by urgency.
Why use it?
It turns scattered maintenance problems into a prioritized list, so developers can address urgent risks before they grow.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to inspect code quality, dependencies, test coverage, and architecture, then organize fixes by urgency.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/pedrol-cmd/brain-drin/tech-debt
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedrol-cmd/brain-drin

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site
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agentmods 80×15 button for tech-debt

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Per session 17 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 297 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00017 $0.00297
Opus 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00119
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00059
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00030

Measured 1mo ago against content hash b66737a6b0c5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

tech-debt scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/tech-debt.md · 63 lines

What it actually says

Tech Debt Analysis

Context

  • Target: $ARGUMENTS (default: current directory)
  • Dependencies: check for outdated packages
  • Test coverage: check existing tests

Your Task

Scan for:

Code Quality

  • Duplicated code blocks
  • Functions over 50 lines
  • Files over 300 lines
  • Complex conditionals (cyclomatic complexity)
  • Dead code (unused exports, unreachable branches)
  • TODO/FIXME/HACK comments

Dependencies

  • Outdated packages (major versions behind)
  • Deprecated packages
  • Packages with known vulnerabilities
  • Unused dependencies

Testing

  • Critical paths without tests
  • Flaky tests (if test history available)
  • Tests that test implementation instead of behavior

Architecture

  • Circular dependencies
  • God objects/modules
  • Leaky abstractions
  • Inconsistent patterns across the codebase

Output

## Tech Debt Report

### Critical (fix now)
[Items that will cause bugs or security issues]

### High (fix this sprint)
[Items causing developer pain or slowing velocity]

### Medium (fix this quarter)
[Items that will compound if ignored]

### Low (backlog)
[Nice to have improvements]

### Quick Wins
[Items that take <30min and remove meaningful debt]
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 63 lines · 17 tokens per session scan A b66737a6b0c5

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tech-debt is a command published in the GitHub repository pedrol-cmd/brain-drin (12 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 17 tokens to every session and 297 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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